Does anyone have a BIG-Cone Pine (Pinus coulteri) growing near them, with big cones on?
I know I already emailed with you about these cones. I can’t supply you with a picture of the cone I gave to the museum, but here ( http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0601.htm#beanpod ) is a photo of a girl holding a typical coulteri cone. Mine was about as long but much rounder. People really have been killed by these things. As the caption says: “Although technically not a fruit, California’s coulter pine (Pinus coulteri) has one of the largest seed cones on earth. Of all the more than 100 species of pines in the world, this is one of the most massive cones. They may be up to 14 inches (36 cm) long and weigh more than 8 pounds (3.6 kg). Other pines, such as the sugar pine (P. lambertiana) have longer cones, but they have flimsy cone scales and do not weigh as much. The heavy cones of Coulter pine with talon-like, curved scales are definitely a hazard to anyone standing or sleeping under a cone-laden limb. Seed
